Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
Limited Value Drawing 1
A course by Sam Brisley , Portrait Artist
About the video: Limited Value Drawing 1
Overview
“Being disciplined when shading tones really separates beginners from more advanced artists. Shadow mapping and organising values is a key skill in producing professional-looking portraits. In this lesson, we will learn to map shadows onto a face using only two values, this way beginning to develop a likeness to our subject. We will then build on the shadow map using five values to bring out the secondary details of the face, and put into practice what we have learned about the behaviour of light.”
In this video lesson Sam Brisley addresses the topic: Limited Value Drawing 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions. Draw striking pencil portraits by learning how to apply shadow mapping techniques to capture realistic facial structures.
Partial transcription of the video
“So. Being disciplined with light and shadow is really important when it comes to portrait. And it's one of the things that I believe really separates beginners from more advanced Arty. So what we're going to do in this lesson is we're going to develop a drawing using a limited number of values. So we're going to start off with just a two value drawing. and we'll come up with our shadow shapes. And it's at this stage of a portrait where you really start to capture the likeness. What we'll then do is we'll start to bring out some of the secondary details using a five value scale. So as we lea...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Portrait Drawing: Capture Authentic Expressions
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Sam Brisley
A course by Sam Brisley
Sam Brisley relates his passion for portraiture and history to his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. Incorporating historical elements into his portraits such as costumes and hair styles is his way of bringing his two passions together to create unique works of art. As a structural engineer from nine to five, and a portrait artist in his free time, Sam has been learning about portraiture, figure drawing, anatomy, and gesture drawing from a young age, always finding time to keep developing his abilities.
Sam has taught a number of drawing workshops, ranging from portraiture, figure drawing, and more. He also shares his work in progress drawings with his followers on Instagram to help others improve.
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